If it was done as a worker's co-op it should be possible to use the idea to avoid the worst apsects of capitalist immmiseration through group cost savings. Living with a group of politically like minded people seems attractive. Allowing comrades you live with to hold you accountable for your organizing, lifestyle and productivity would probably be a positive thing for everyone here tbh. Am guilty. A lot more theory would be read in general lol.

I mean, it's probably better suited to single people that would be willing to relocate, but it seems surprising that it's not a bigger thing, especially with the cost of accomodation.

Got this fantasy of a derelict office block at the end of a cycle path, say 40mins cycle from a city to get the cheaper real estate, converted for communal living.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I mean, Artist lofts are pretty common and always have been, and the cliche Anarchist urban squat or rural commune is pretty entrenched in Europe, though most aren't as squalid as the cliche. It works best if it's not tightly tied to an org, you don't want to take your struggle sessions home.

    I know some friends who've done something like it at a household level as well, but at some point it just becomes leftist flatmates.

    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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      3 years ago

      I'm doing this, currently have leftist flatmates. It'd be a lot nicer if it weren't COVID though, that's interrupted most of the work that we could do together in our region.

      • pluggd [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        wohngemeinschaft

        "Living in a WG allows you to save money. This is the main reason people across the world live in communal settings, and the savings can often be dramatic. One of my friends who studies in Siegen pays less than 200 euros for his room, and I knew people in Berlin who paid around 100 euros per month."

        sign me up.

    • pluggd [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I was a member of a food co-op that bought a warehouse in a city (when property was cheaper), rented some land to grow, ran a shop and weekly market.

      I'm suggesting something similar probably. A cheap building as close to a city as possible, converted to hostel-style single rooms with communal areas, run as a workers co-op or whatever, Maybe 100 people?